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US Senate Fails To Reinstate Habeas Corpus
Khyber notes that yesterday a vote in the US Senate fell four votes short of what was needed to restore habeas corpus — the fundamental right of individauls to challenge government detention. Here is the record of the vote on the Cloture Motion to restore Habeas Corpus. Article 4 of the US Constitution states that habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless in cases of rebellion and invasion when the public safety may require it.
Indeed. I've flirted with the idea of moving to Canada, but doing so would require me to "bear allegiance to the Queen". Theoretically, anyone who is a citizen of a commonwealth realm or the UK is the property of the monarch.
No thanks.
It's nice that so many Americans still think the Constitution is a living document. Hate to break the news to you folks, but the Constitution hasn't been functional since the Civil war and was already being swept under the rug long before that. Quoting it makes no difference. Its just a piece of paper now.